Victorian Consolidated Legislation

House Contracts Guarantee Act 1987 - SECT 32A

Person cannot sign away right to take advantage of a guarantee12

32A. Person cannot sign away right to take advantage of a guarantee12

A provision of an agreement or instrument that purports to restrict or remove
the right of a person to take proceedings in respect of a building defect to
which a guarantee under this Act applies is void to the extent that it applies
to a defect other than a defect that was known or ought reasonably to have
been known to the person to exist at the time the agreement or instrument was
executed.